Punjab to upgrade facilities at four shooting ranges: Sukhbir

With an aim to impart best training to the shooters, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced that Rs 5.60 crore would be spent on upgrading the facilities at all the four shooting ranges in the state.
Outlining his vision after the inauguration of upgradation of indoor shooting range in Mohali, the Deputy Chief Minister said that out of Rs 5.60 crore a sum of over Rs 1.65 crore would be spent on upgradation of shooting range at SAS Nagar while the range at village Badal in Muktsar district would be upgraded at a cost of over Rs 2.94 crore.

"The shooting ranges at village Talwara in Ludhiana and PAP Jalandhar would be provided with state-of-the-art facilities amounting to Rs 71 lakh and Rs 29.50 lakh respectively," he added.
Badal also said that it would be the first time that any shooting range in Punjab is equipped with electronic target technique.
Giving details, Badal, who also holds sports portfolio, said the state government is committed to provide all necessary facilities including training from foreign coaches to the players so as to ensure the maximum participation of players from the state in next year's Olympic Games.
Reiterating the commitment to provide the requisite infrastructure for development of sports, the Deputy CM said the state government would hire foreign coaches to train budding players.

He also informed that the state had spent Rs 200 crore on construction of sports school at Ghudha (Sri Muktsar Sahib), an international sports hostel at Jalandhar, international hockey stadium at Mohali besides two synthetic athletic tracks, six synthetic hockey surfaces and 10 multipurpose stadiums.
Talking about the ongoing projects, Badal informed that Rs 45 crore were being spent on the relaying of hockey surface at village Badal (Muktsar), Hockey stadium at Ferozepur, multipurpose indoor hall at Tarntaran and construction of three multipurpose stadiums at Moonak, Fazilka and Pathankot.